COURTESY RELEASE: Rachel Carson Bridge to Close Between May 28-June 11

Published on May 24, 2024

View of the Rachel Carson Bridge in the City of Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH – The Department of Public Works announced today that it has granted a permit to the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust to close the Rachel Carson (Ninth Street) Bridge for the Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival. The closure will start at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, May 28 and will end at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, June 11.

Drivers can get around the closure using Isabella Street, the Andy Warhol (Seventh Street) Bridge, Seventh Street, and Penn Avenue.

In addition to the county-owned bridge, the event will require road closures within the City of Pittsburgh. For more information, visit https://traf.trustarts.org/traf_home/visit/parking-and-transportation.

Public Works is not involved with the event and is providing this information as a public service announcement only. For more information, visit www.TrustArts.org/TRAF, or contact Derek Scalzott, Senior Director of Communications and Marketing Management for the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, at 412-471-8715 or scalzott@trustarts.org.

Media inquiries may be directed to Brent Wasko, Public Information Officer for the Department of Public Works
brent.wasko@alleghenycounty.us or by phone at 412-350-2451 or 412-577-6175 (cell).

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